April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Walker Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Continue reading April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for “Lilies of the Field”
On April 13, 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963). Continue reading Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for “Lilies of the Field”
First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia
First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American society dedicated to the cause of abolition, is founded in Philadelphia on April 14, 1775. Continue reading First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia
Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament for the first time
On April 13, 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods wins the prestigious Masters Tournament Continue reading Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament for the first time
Black Art Story 